Boston Blotter: Random Stabbing in Worcester, Perv Hunt in Boston

crime_scene_tape.jpg-- Benjamin L. Makinen stabbed a stranger to death yesterday in Worcester, according to police. The 23-year-old Worcester man, whom his attorneys claim suffers from mental illness, walked into a triple decker, knocked on a second floor door and allegedly stabbed Shelleigh Wilcox to death before calling 911 to turn himself in. [Worcester Telegram Gazette]

-- The Herald is leading the charge to capture Massachusetts's most wanted sex offenders. [Herald]

-- Woburn, already the by-word in Massachusetts for police-gone-wild after cops disrupted civilian traffic flaggers on their first day of work, is trying to figure out if anybody broke the law. [Herald]

-- A homeless man showed up at Cambridge hospital on Sunday suffering from an apparent scooter stabbing, according to authorities. [Cambridge Chronicle]

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